Have just read a piece in tonight's Evening Standard warning about dangers associated with Triclosan in anti bacterial handwashes/soaps/toothpastes and washing up liquid- anyone any ideas ? we have anti bact soap and liquid soap and anti-bact w up liquid - should I switch to ordinary ? I hate the way I'm brainwashed into using these bacteria busting things (am v suseptible to these products as I have had OCD and washing/germs was one of my obsessions). The Triclosan is meant to react with chlorine in the water forming chloroform...
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